Example Sentences

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Quavering uncertainty! – there is still a widespread suspicion that events to date may have been simply an enjoyable entrée for the gathering certainties of the final week.

From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2012

The Wavering and Quavering of a Brilliant Experiment Imitation is generally considered to foe flattering.

From Time Magazine Archive

Quavering the chords strayed from the air, found it again, lost chord, and lost and found it, faltering.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

Quavering and quivering, with sudden painful flights into a cracked treble, Billy’s effort came to the listeners.

From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden

Quavering under the polished stars In stubble, thicket, and frosty copse The cricket blows a few choked bars, And puts away his pipe—and stops.

From Chimneysmoke by Morley, Christopher